Cheryl

Don,

Wow, if CBMW has already had someone leave the org, that is a very good thing. I hope that is true.

You said: “I also study their works, I find I can only take it in small doses, but I do study it.”

That is exactly how I handle the audio files. The written works I can handle a bit better, but I do need to take it in smaller doses. However the audio files have the inflection of the voice and I find it harder to take. If I listen to a couple of hours at a time I find myself upset with my husband merely because he is a man. He has to remind me that he is not CBMW nor does he agree with them at all. It is their attitude that really drags me down. They are brothers in Christ whom I do not find uplifting especially on the women’s issue. You know it is amazing. It seems like they spend a lot of their time figuring out all the rules that restrict women instead of finding all the ways that they can agree with allowing women to use their gifts. With these kinds of restrictions I sometimes wonder if they shouldn’t just agree to a men’s church and a women’s church. That way the women get to serve God within their own “church” without restriction. Problem with that is that this divides and segregates the body of Christ. That is not good and it is not the way it is to be.